Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

During the Chinese New Year, her mother-in-law came to her and asked her to go home early to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner.

Shen Xiaomei didn't want to go back to her husband's house to work as a nanny, cook for more than a dozen people, and wash a lot of dishes... She just said she wanted to go back to her parents' home for the New Year, and then she went back.

But life at my mother's home is not easy either.

My biological mother is a brother-supporting woman. Whenever there is something good at home, she will secretly take it to my grandmother's house to give to my cousins, without caring whether the family members can have enough to eat.

The two sisters-in-law are lazy and greedy. They are nowhere to be seen when doing housework, but are more active than anyone else when eating.

Shen Xiaomei stayed at home for two days and was filled with anger.

If she wasn't too embarrassed to go back to her husband's house, she would have gone back long ago.

Who would want to stay at their mother's house and have to look at their sister-in-law's face?

After being beaten by her sister-in-law, Shen Xiaomei no longer pretended to be weak. She stretched out her claws to fight back, scratching Shen Dasao's face into a big cloak.

When the Shen family came out and pulled the two people apart, both of them had bruises on their faces.

There were no bloody marks from nails on Shen Xiaomei's face, but it was swollen, the corner of her mouth was broken, and a lot of blood was flowing.

Shen Xiaomei burst into tears and called Shen Dasao an ungrateful woman. She said that after getting so many good things from her, she turned against her and beat her like this.

Mrs. Shen scolded Shen Xiaomei for being pretentious and for wanting to kill her family.

After that, they continued to curse and talked about the New Year’s Eve dinner on the table.

Sister Shen felt wronged. "On weekdays, we have plenty of soup and water, so it's fine if we don't have enough food, but during the New Year, there are so many people, but we only have a bowl of cabbage and tofu soup, a plate of fried black fungus and lean meat, and not even an egg. Yesterday, my sister-in-law brought back 20 eggs, but they disappeared early this morning. Where are the eggs?"

"Not long ago, the dried mushrooms and a cured chicken that my sister-in-law sent back disappeared. They were meant to be eaten during the Chinese New Year. Why don't you cook them?"

"Woo woo... I've been married to your Shen family for five or six years, but I've never had a full meal. It's not like my husband doesn't make money, and it's not like I don't have food. Where is all the food? Mom, you have to give us an explanation today. Where did all the food, bacon, and eggs in our family go?"

Mother Shen was a little at a loss as to what to do. "Those things are all good stuff. How can we young people eat them? I gave them to your grandparents. They are old and can't eat them for many years. We are still young. If we want to eat good food, we will have the chance in the future."

Mrs. Shen was so angry that she gnashed her teeth and said, "If you want to honor grandpa and grandma, then you use your food and things to honor them. Why do you use the food and things of our entire family to honor them?"

Mrs. Shen was also angry and said, "Mom, we are just daughters-in-law, we are not the daughters of grandpa and grandma, why should we also follow in the footsteps of filial piety?"

Mrs. Shen suddenly thought of something and asked anxiously, "Mom, most of my husband's salary has been handed over to you. We agreed at the beginning that you would save it for us and return it to us when we divide the family in the future. You won't give our money to grandpa and grandma as a filial gift, right?"

A trace of guilt flashed across Shen's mother's eyes, "No, no, I saved it all for you."

Mrs. Shen didn't believe it, "Mom, take it out and let me see it."

Mrs. Shen suddenly became worried and started to make a fuss, asking her mother-in-law to take out the money and show it to everyone, but how could Mother Shen come up with so much money?

She saved a small portion of the money, and used a large part to support her mother's family. Her younger brother's children were in junior high school and high school, which was a time when expenses were high. Without her support, her nephews would have no money to go to school.